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The Flight of the Phoenix
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0024543075264
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Languages: English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: May 20, 2003
Running Time: 142 minutes
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: December 15, 1965
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Editorial Review:
Robert Aldrich's tense, 1965 drama about a plane crash in the Sahara is a unique psychological study of men in desperate circumstances. In this somewhat revisionist view of classic heroism, every character within the mixed lot is stretched to his limit, and individual efforts to brave the elements and hostile nomads are duly punished. What is left is collective will and ingenuity. One could call this an allegory for transcending Cold War madness, perhaps, but Aldrich (Kiss Me Deadly) makes this such a gritty, immediate experience that you can feel the desert sand in your teeth. Superb performances by James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Hardy Krüger, Peter Finch, and the rest. --Tom Keogh
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Rating:  - The Flight of the Phoenix - an important analogy
This movie was on TV recently and even though I bought the DVD last year,I still watched it. It is one of my all time favorites. I saw this at the same time I was studying and writing an essay on our energy situation when it occurred to me there was an interesting analogy, an analogy that I felt could be used in the essay. So here is a brief part of that essay.
The sub-title for this essay is from the movie, The Flight of the Phoenix. For those who have not seen this it featured a crash ... Read More
Rating: - THE movie for model airplane hobbyists!
As my title says, this movie is in great measure a vindication of model airplane afficianados like myself (disclaimer showing my bias) as well as the many thousands of men, women, and kids who are involved in this wonderful hobby, art, and sport all rolled into one.
We take a lot of guff for 'playing with toy airplanes,' but anyone with a grain of sense knows that there is virtually no difference between a model and a full size aircraft. These days, the line is even less clear, given the ... Read More
Rating: - flight of the phoenix
great movie very happy with delivery and in good condition. this movie is much better the remake.
Rating:  - High adventure in the desert
Jimmy Stewart gives a great performance in this film, which revolves around an oil company's air transport and the desperate plan the survivors come up with to escape the unforgiving Sahara desert. Stewart plays the pilot of the plane who must work with an egomaniacal model airplane designer to create a new, working plane from the wreckage of the old twin-boomed Flying Boxcar.
This film has a lot to say for it: an international cast, a good plot, inner turmoil, interPERSONAL turmoil, etc. ... Read More
Rating: - One of the greatest
In retrospect, some movies seem destined to go down in cinematic history, and The Flight of the Phoenix is one of those. With an amazing all-star cast, and the direction of Robert Aldrich (What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1965), The Dirty Dozen (1967), and The Longest Yard (1974), if everyone just did their job adequately, it probably would have been a memorable movie. As it was, the acting was superb, Aldrich's direction equally outstanding, and the plot of a disabled ... Read More
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